Coosa chub
📖 Overview
Inhabits clear, moderately large flowing streams with a sand, gravel, or fine rubble bottom above the Fall Line in the Cahaba, Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 37 - 39. : elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Coosa chub is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical North America: upper sections of the Mobile Bay basin, above the Fall Line, including the Cahaba, Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems, in Alabama, northwestern Georgia, and extreme southeastern Tennessee, USA.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Coosa chub.
🔍 Similar Species
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